Railway house car



API'il 26 1949- A. J. DOYLE 2,468,185

v RAILWAY HOUSE CAR Filed Jan. 18, 194e s sheets-sheet 1 April 26, 1949.

A. J. DOYLE RAILWAY HOUE CAR Filed Jan. 18, 1946 s snets-sneet 2 A. J.DoYLE 2,468,185

RAILWAY HOUSE CAR 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Jan. l8, 1946 April 26, 1949.

/a f 39 E Patented Apr. 26, 1949 U N l T E D YS TATES OFF ICE Arthur J.Doyle, Cleveland, Ohio,

Youngstown Steel D oor Company.,

assigner to .The `ClevelandJ Ohio, a corporation of Ohio ApplicationJanuary 18, 19.46, No.. l642,'030

(Cl. S-1409) 8 Claims. i

This invention relates to railway house cars and is concerned morespecifically withy a side wall structure particularly applicable totherepair and widening of existing vhouse cars "but capable of use innew house car construction.

It is an object of this invention to provide a side wall structure .forrailway house cars which shall dispense with .ca-stings, effect areduction in the numbergoi ,parts required and in cost.

A .further object of this invention is to .provide a side wall structurewhich shall be applicable without change to house cars irrespective ofdiiferences .in width .of underframe and .inside width of said Cars andbe capable of utilizing door .posts and intermediate posts extendingbelow the 'top of the underframe.

A further object is to provide a side wall struc- -ture for railwayhouse -cars which shall constitute a stress-carrying .girder and embodya bottom stress-carrying member extending from end to end of the carsand door posts and intermediate posts extending below the top of the'under'frarne of said cars.

A further object is to 1providea side wall structure for vrailway housecars which shall vpossess greater strength, permit an increase in 'theinside width of cars and utilize a bottom stress carrying memberextending from end to end jo'f the cars and capable of application toall :house cars regardless of their width.

A further object is to providea side wall structure for railway housecars which yshall incorporate a bottom stress-carrying member extendingfrom end to end o' the cars and adapted Ato'be secured directly to and.reinforce the side sills of the car underframe -so as to permit:re-"use of the side sills despite loss of section resulting fromcorrosion or the like and obtain uniform deflection of the side `sillunder load and embody door `posts and intermediate posts extending belowthe topof the underfr'ame.

A further Objectis 'to provide aside wall structure for railway housecars which shall incorporate a dat plate as :a bottom stress-carryingmember and door posts and intermediate posts extending below the vtop ofthe .underira'me 'ofthe cars.

lOther objects will become clear as 'the description thereof proceeds.

In the drawings forming part of this specification:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevation off a portin of a c'arside embodyingthe instant invention.

Fig. `2 is a vertical section taken online l2---2 ofFg. 1.

2 r3 isa vertical section takenon line 3-3 of =g. Fig. 4 is `a:horizontal section taken on line -4 of Figt 1 5 is a horizontalIsection taken on line -5--5 Aof l` Fig. 6 is a horizontal section takenon line 6 6 'of Fig. fl.

Fig, f1 is a horizontal section taken Von .line 1-1 -ofFig, l.

The instant invention which is an improvement superi the .inventionillustrated the patent to llitclhiield, 252355449, gran-'Geld March 18,i941, is embodied in ia carside designated `generally by the `deferencenwneral lil, The drawings illustrate -a portion .of the -carsideextending from the door opening to one end of the car. It will be`understood, ghowever, that the remaining portion of the carside issimilar to that illustrated and that the car-side structure upon theopposite side of the railway house car will be of similarconstruction.

The carside l0 of the instant invention embodies -a side plate I-Iwhich, as is well lrnown, extends vfrom. end to endof thecar. The dooropening i2 4formed in the carside is defined in part by means of a doorpost i3 which is secured to the depending leg I4 of the .side plate asby means vof rivets l5. The door post is further secured to the sideplate by means of an angle bracket I6 which -as .shown is fastened tothe upstanding leg il Nof the side plate as byfmeans of rivets I8 and tothe inwardly extending -ilange `I9 of the .door ypost as )byvmeans of-rivets 20. The door pOst i3, as Amore clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3 ofthe drawings, embodies .in addition to the inwardly extending flange I9,a `web 2| disposed parallel to the side wall and an outwardly extending,flange 2-2.

The side wall v'lil also embodies a plurality of spaced intermediateposts v23 which vare Z- shaped in section and arranged so that the innerand outer flanges l24 and 25 thereof lie parallel to the side wall andthe web 26 at right .angles to the side wallr The intermediate posts.are secured to the depending leg i4 of the side 'plate 'as "by means of:rivets 2'] and to the upfsltandi'ng leg .Il of the side plate by meansof ,angle "brackets 28 and rivets 29 and 30 ,respectively. Metallicsheets 3l, 32 and 33 are 4secured ,to the .depending leg .I4 of the sideplate and tothe outer faces `ci Athe door posts and .intermediate posts.

The side plate, door posts and intermediate posts and the sheathingconstitute the upper as indicated at 6l chord and web of a side wallgirder construction which is completed by means of a bottom chord 34extending substantially from end to end of the car and secured as bymeans of riveting to the outer face of the door posts and intermediateposts. The lower margin of the metallic sheathing is secured upon theoutside of the bottom chord as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thebottom chord 34 is in the form of a at plate member which, if desired,may be flanged inwardly as indicated at 35 so as to reinforce the plate.

With reference to Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawings, it will be apparentthat the flat plate member, which constitutes the bottom chord 34,permits the extension of the inner flange I9 and the web 2l of the doorpost I3 and each of the intermediate posts 23 downwardly substantiallyto the bottom of the plate member. The outwardly extending iiange 22 ofthe door post terminates adjacent to the threshold plate 36 which iscustomarily disposed upon the car oor 31 and supported outwardly of thecar floor by means of an angle member 38 carried by the bottom platemember. By virtue of the foregoing construction it will be apparent thatthe integrity of the intermediate posts and of the web and inwardlyextending ange of the door posts is maintained to the fullest extent sothat a substantial increase in the strength of the side wall structureis obtained.

An angle member door posts is fastened 39 extending between the to thebottom plate member as by means of rivets 40. Similar angle members 4 I,42 and 43 secured to the bottom plate member as by means of rivets 44,extend between the posts from the door posts to the ends of the car. Thehorizontal legs 45, 46, 41, and 48 of these angle members extendinwardly from the plate member and serve of the car oor 3l.

Brackets are provided in order to obtain securement of the carsidestructure to the underframe of such a car or in the construction of anew car. The brackets utilized for securement of the carside structureto the car underframe below the door opening are formed of a platemember 49,

to support the adjacent end the upper and lower margins of which areoppositely anged as indicated at 50 and 5I to provide a structure whichis substantially Z-shaped in vertical section. Angle members, one ofwhich is shown at 52, are secured as by means of riveting to theopposite faces of the plate member 49 along the inner vertical marginthereof and similar angle members 53 and 54 are secured to the oppositefaces of the plate member 49 along the outer vertical margin thereof.

A bracket is secured to the inwardly extending iiange I9 of each of thedoor posts I3 and as illustrated is in the form of two angle members 55and 56 secured to the opposite faces of flange i9 as by means of rivets51.

The bracket utilized T-shaped member 58 whose stem 59 is secured as bymeans of rivets 66 to the web 26 of the intermediate posts. In additionthe stem 59 is anged 25 of the intermediate post and permit securementof the bracket 58 to said flange andto the bottom plate member whichconstitutes the lower chord of the side wall girder as by means ofrivets 62.

The side wall structure as above described is at each of the interme-,diate posts ,23 is in the form of a substantially so as to abut theouter flange a railway house car` either in the repairv of applied tothe car underframe as a unit and secured thereto by the attachment ofthe brackets to a side sill of the car underframe. The side sill 63 iscustomarily in the form of a channel arranged with its upper and loweranges 64 and 65 extending inwardly. The side Wall structure is sodisposed relative to the car underframe that the bottom plate memberlies substantially in opposed relationship to the side sill and thebottom plate member and door posts and intermediate posts are offsetoutwardly relative to the underframe. In this manner the side wallstructure may serve as a replacement for the side wall structures ofexisting cars while obtaining an increase in the effective inside widthof the car or it may serve as a side wall structure for a new car. Ineither instance it will be apparent that an increase in the customarycross bearers of car underframes is avoided while an increase in theeffective inside width of the car is obtained. When the carsidestructure is properly disposed relative to the car underframe, theanges, such as flange 66, of the angle members, one of which isindicated at 52, the anges 61 and 68 of the door post bracket, and theflanges 69 and 10 of each of the intermediate post brackets are thensecured to the web 'II of the side sill 63 as by means of riveting,thereby firmly attaching the carside structure to the underframe. Thefloor 31 of the car when applied is supported upon the upper ange 64 ofthe side sill and upon the inwardly extending anges of the iioorsupporting angles 39, 4I, 42 and 43.

Attachment of the inwardly extending anges 45 and 46 of floor supportingangles 39 and 4I to the side sill 63 is provided at each door post bymeans o'f an angle bracket member I2 secured as by means of riveting tosaid flanges and to ilanges 61 and 66 of door post bracket angle members55 and 56. Between inner flanges 45 and 46 and flanges 61 and 68 theangle bracket member 12 is oiset upwardly as indicated at 13 to providean additional oor supporting member.

Similarly, angle bracket members 14 are utilized to secure the inwardlyextending flanges of the floor supporting angle members 4I, 42 and 43 tothe side sill 63 at the intermediate door posts.

Ateach corner of the car the side wall structure I0 is secured to theend wall 15 by means of an inner substantially W-shaped member 'I6 andan outer angle member 11 as more clearly appears in Fig. 7 of thedrawings.

It is apparent from the foregoing detailed description of the instantinvention that castings have been eliminated and a reduction in partsand a consequent reduction in cost have been secured. The structure ofthe side wall girder has been standarized and its application obtainedto railway house car underframes without modiiication thereofirrespective of diilerences in the width of underframe. Moreover, theside wall structure permits the utilization of door posts andintermediate posts which extend substantially for the full height of thestructure and substantially enhance the strength of the structure. Thedisposition of the bottom chord member of the side wall girder and itsattachment to lthe side sill of the car underframe enables 4the bottomchord member to directly reinforce the side sill so as to compensate fora loss of section thereof which might be occasioned by wear, orcorrosion, or the like, and at the same time to smooth out the sharpnessof deilectioniof the side sill which otherwise occurs at the door postswhen the car underframe is under load. More uniform deilection of theside sill under load is thereby obtained.

It will be apparent that numerous changes and modifications in thedetails of the invention will be clear to those skilled in the art. Itis intended, therefore, that all such modications and changes becomprehended within this invention, which is to be limited only by thescope of the claims appended hereto.

I claim:

l. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising aside plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extendingsubstantially from end to end of said car in outwardly 'spaced opposedrelationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate postssecured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate postsextending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the Spacebetween said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing saidbottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing securedto said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, structural bracketslying in the space between said side sill and bottom plate member, andmeans fastening said brackets to said side sill, posts and bottom platemember.

tom stress-carrying plate member extending substantially from end to endof said car in outwardly spaced vopposed relationship to said side sill,door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate, said doorposts and intermediate posts extending downwardly below the top of saidside sill and into the space between said side sill and bottom platemember, means securing said bottom plate member to the outer face ,ofsaid posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom platemember, brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottomplate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, postsand bottom plate member.

3. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising aside plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extendingsubstantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposedrelationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate postssecured to Said side plate, Said door posts and intermediate postsextending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the spacebetween said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing saidbottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing securedto said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, floor supportingmembers secured to said bottom plate member and extending between saidposts, structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill andbottom plate member, and means fastening said brackets to said sidesill, posts and bottom plate member.

4. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising aside plate, a vertical bottom stress-carrying plate member extendingsubstantially from end to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposedrelationship to said side sill, door posts and intermediate postssecured to said side plate, said door posts and intermediate postsextending downwardly below the top of said side sill and into the spacebetween said side sill and bottom plate member, means securing saidbottom plate member to the outer face of said posts, sheathing securedto said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, floor supportingmembers secured to said bottom plate member and extending between saidposts, means securing said oor supporting members to said side sill,structural brackets lying in the space between said side sill and bottomplate member, and means fastening said brackets to said side sill, postsand bottom plate member.

5. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprisinga side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said sideplate, a vertical bottom plate member secured to the outer face of saidposts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wallstructure, said posts extending substantially to the lower edge of saidplate member, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottomplate member, and structural brackets secured to said posts and bottoniplate member, said brackets being adapted to fasten said side wallstructure to a side sill of a said car in offset relationship to saidside sill with said bottom plate member in opposed relationship to saidside sill.

6. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprisinga side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said sideplate, a Vertical bottom plate member secured to the outer face of saidposts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wallstructure, floor supporting means secured to said bottom plate member,said posts extending downwardly below said floor supporting means,sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom plate member, andbrackets secured to said posts and the inside or" the bottom platemember,

7. In a railway house car having a side sill, a side wall comprising aside plate, a bottom stresscarrying member extending substantially fromend to end of said car in outwardly spaced opposed relationship to saidside sill, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said side plate,said door posts and intermediate posts extending downwardly -below thetop of said side sill and into the space between said side sill andbottom member, means securing said bottom member to the outer face ofsaid posts, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottommember, structural brackets lying in the space between said side silland bottom member, and means fastening said brackets to said side silland posts.

8. A load carrying side wall structure for railway house cars comprisinga side plate, door posts and intermediate posts secured to said sideplate, a bottom stress carrying member secured to the outer face of saidposts and extending substantially from end to end of said side wallstructure, said posts extending substantially to the lower edge of saidmember, sheathing secured to said posts, side plate and bottom member,and structural brackets secured to said posts, said brackets beingadapted to fasten said side wall structure to a side sill of a said carin offset relationship to said side sill with said bottom member inopposed relationship to said side sill.

ARTHUR J. DOYLE.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Ditcheld Sept. 14, 1937Number

